newest Wheel of Time is out
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Wyrminarrd
Hmmm, it seems to be getting good reviews so I might pick it up though perhaps I will wait for the paperback version or even wait until all three of the books are out.
I´m currently reading book 2 of Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" trilogy and I´ve read Elantris so I know the guy is a very good writer. Hopefully he will cut a bit down on the expositions that Jordan loved so much and focus more on advancing the plot.
I´m currently reading book 2 of Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" trilogy and I´ve read Elantris so I know the guy is a very good writer. Hopefully he will cut a bit down on the expositions that Jordan loved so much and focus more on advancing the plot.
Shannow
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Doubtful, considering what he was basing it off of, and the fact that it has been turned into 3 books instead of 1.
Still, I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I wonder if it was simultaneously released in audio as well, so I can listen to it here at work. They have used the same 2 readers for the entire series of books for audio, and those two are absolutely fantastic for it.
Starts out as great high fantasy (though the whole "chosen one" theme has been done to death), then fizzles into the same old shit over and over for thousands upon thousands of pages. I don't recommend it. I think I gave up around book six. Too bad, it could have been truly epic if it was 4-5 books.
I think it was book seven I opened, realized I had no idea what was going on and didn't care what happened to these characters and had to just put it down and walk away.
Dave
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Books 6 & 7 are the biggest books I've ever read where nothing happened.
They aren't that bad as a whole, but Jordan had a tendency to reuse the same expressions over and over. Yes, I get that the male side of the Force
D) is cold and a battle to use while the female side is warm and you have to surrender yourself to it. (No misogynistic imagery there, huh?)
We get that all women are beautiful. ALL women. I'm convinced the books are set in the same universe as "Married With Children" in that all women there are hotties. Even the old ones have a "timeless beauty". All women cross their arms under their breasts and smooth their skirts a lot.
Not gonna lie, the books have flaws. But taken as a whole it's a pretty good read.
They aren't that bad as a whole, but Jordan had a tendency to reuse the same expressions over and over. Yes, I get that the male side of the Force
D) is cold and a battle to use while the female side is warm and you have to surrender yourself to it. (No misogynistic imagery there, huh?)We get that all women are beautiful. ALL women. I'm convinced the books are set in the same universe as "Married With Children" in that all women there are hotties. Even the old ones have a "timeless beauty". All women cross their arms under their breasts and smooth their skirts a lot.
Not gonna lie, the books have flaws. But taken as a whole it's a pretty good read.
Shannow
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To each their own. The series has its faults, a lot of them. But what it does right, it does extremely well. The action sequesnces and battles with the power are greatly done. And I love reading anything with the Shadow and the Forsaken.
Edit: Also...woot, looks like the audio was also released, snagging a torrent of it now. Hopefulyl not fake. Will have something to listen to here at work and while moving until I can go buy the book this weekend!
Edit: Also...woot, looks like the audio was also released, snagging a torrent of it now. Hopefulyl not fake. Will have something to listen to here at work and while moving until I can go buy the book this weekend!
Yeah, thing is, wiki's are opinionless (supposed to be anyway).
Another confession: I've never read the Drizzt Salvatore series either....
Shannow
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Yeah, thing is, wiki's are opinionless (supposed to be anyway).
Another confession: I've never read the Drizzt Salvatore series either....[/QUOTE]
Well, this is a love it or hate it series. I'd suggest taking a look into what it is about, and seeing if its for you. personally, I love it, and I read a lot of fantasy and have since I have been like 10. This is one of my favorites. Slow books plodding along or otherwise. Personally, I say get yourself Eye of the World, and give it a try.
If you want, I can point you towards the audios instead, but because the books are long, so are the readings. But there are two readers, one for when it is from a male perspective, the other from a female. Both are great, and make the audio even better.
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Iaculus
Personally, I preferred A Song of Ice and Fire and The Malazan Book of the Fallen as far as epic fantasy went. One for the characterisation, the other for the plot.
The Wheel of Time collapsed under its own weight of characters and subplots, and almost every single female character was an absolute bitch. I kid you not.
Oh, and did he have to put in quite so many gratuitous references to breasts and spanking?
The Wheel of Time collapsed under its own weight of characters and subplots, and almost every single female character was an absolute bitch. I kid you not.
Oh, and did he have to put in quite so many gratuitous references to breasts and spanking?
The last series I read through were the Dragonlance series of books revolving around the main crew. Dragons, the Sextant, and the Brother's sagas.
I think I just got interested.
Shannow
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Wow...well, there is a shit ton better stuff out there.
I think I just got interested.
You will be dissapointed somewhat.
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chakz
Prepare for your emotions to be abused.
Heavily abused.
Also: Try to get over the incest. Its weird at first but it kind of resolves itself in and interesting way.
Sheg could probably get into this. It really slows down in the middle, but awesome stuff started happening again towards the end, which makes it even more sad that Jordon died.
I'm suprised no one mentioned the chains and collars to her yet.
"I will have to retry a kicking myself in the teeth. I just could not get into it a few years ago when I tried."
I get what you mean, but it's funny because "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
-Adam
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Wyrminarrd
I discovered the Wheel of Time series at my Library when the first six books were out and I thought that the series was only six books. I was so excited to read the sixth book but about half way through I realized that Jordan couldn't possibly finish the story in the remaining pages of the book 
The frustrating thing about reading the rest of the series has been that the books come out 1-2 years apart from each other so I´ve long since forgotten most of what happened in books 2-8. Song of Ice and Fire suffers from this as well, it's to big to remember everything that was going on when 3-4 years pass between reading about a set of characters. Malazen book of the fallen also has this problem but since he often starts with new characters it makes things easier plus those books seem to come out a lot faster.
Sometimes I wonder why I read series that aren't finished, there are many books out there that I could read while the authors finish their series.
The frustrating thing about reading the rest of the series has been that the books come out 1-2 years apart from each other so I´ve long since forgotten most of what happened in books 2-8. Song of Ice and Fire suffers from this as well, it's to big to remember everything that was going on when 3-4 years pass between reading about a set of characters. Malazen book of the fallen also has this problem but since he often starts with new characters it makes things easier plus those books seem to come out a lot faster.
Sometimes I wonder why I read series that aren't finished, there are many books out there that I could read while the authors finish their series.
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Iaculus
Plus, Erikson seems to have a much better idea of where he's taking Malazan. There's a lot of complicated stuff going on, but at least there's an underlying direction to it.I discovered the Wheel of Time series at my Library when the first six books were out and I thought that the series was only six books. I was so excited to read the sixth book but about half way through I realized that Jordan couldn't possibly finish the story in the remaining pages of the book
The frustrating thing about reading the rest of the series has been that the books come out 1-2 years apart from each other so I´ve long since forgotten most of what happened in books 2-8. Song of Ice and Fire suffers from this as well, it's to big to remember everything that was going on when 3-4 years pass between reading about a set of characters. Malazen book of the fallen also has this problem but since he often starts with new characters it makes things easier plus those books seem to come out a lot faster.
Sometimes I wonder why I read series that aren't finished, there are many books out there that I could read while the authors finish their series.
Oh, and Stein? ASOIAF is indeed like being kicked repeatedly in the teeth... but in an enjoyable manner.
The Red Wedding... holy shit.
Shannow
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Yes, he died early last year. Long battle with cancer. But the man took insane notes, and even wrote a bunch of the final book, and worked closely with his wife. She chose the new author, and is working with him, and he is working with Jordan's notes.
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"I will have to retry a kicking myself in the teeth. I just could not get into it a few years ago when I tried."
I get what you mean, but it's funny because "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
-Adam[/QUOTE]
yeah, thats pretty much what I got out of it. But I think I may give it another go around. I just saw the first book in my closet as I was packing more last night.
Shannow
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2, if that. He was saying the next may even be out sometime mid next year. http://www.brandonsanderson.com/
He is about 70% done with the second one of the 3 already
He is about 70% done with the second one of the 3 already
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